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MicrobialDetectionOverview

Every year, there are millions of cases world-wide of pathogenic diseases such as ear infections, dysentery, typhoid fever, gastroenteritis and hepatitis A, which get their start from fecal contamination in food or water. Diseases which have been eradicated in the industrialized world, still result in epidemics in regions with poor sanitation and inadequate water/sewage treatment facilities. Testing for fecal contamination can help prevent the spread of these and other diseases.

Charm provides a variety of rapid pathogen indicator tests for food and water ranging from detecting coliform, E. coli and hydrogen sulfide producing enterobacteriaceae, to coliphage. All are considered indicators of fecal contamination, especially when found in water supplies.